In this clip Brendan is joined by Dr. Duncan Lorimer. They discuss how Duncan discovered the first fast radio burst (FRB) and what could be causing them. Duncan Lorimer is a Professor of Physics at West Virginia University and is interested in compact objects (black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs) which he studies using radio pulsars.

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